April 8, 2012

MICKEY KAUS: NAMELESS SCAPEGOAT WATCH: “WaPo‘s Erik Wemple wonders why NBC didn’t quickly come clean about its so-bad-it-seems-intentional mis-edit of the Zimmerman 911 call. Why not immediately “go into detail on exactly what had happened and what disciplinary measures would be taken”? I suspect the answer has something to do with the possibility of a libel suit from Zimmerman. . . . Also, did NBC offer a can-we-still-be-friends monetary… cushion along with the dismissal?”